More Effective Treatment for BFRBs From my own personal experience with compulsive skin picking as well as from my health coach training plus four years as a the “Stop Skin Picking Coach”, I have learned a lot about what it takes to recover from body-focused repetitive behaviors (BFRBs). Here I offer some advice for therapists, as well as…
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Here I’ve included three video excerpts from a full interview I did recently with Christina Pearson, the visionary who 25 years ago started the Trichotillomania Learning Center (now the TLC Foundation for BFRBs) and more recently the Heart and Soul Academy for BFRBs, where she teaches mindfulness-based impulse reduction courses for those struggling with body-focused…
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What is Keratosis Pilaris? Keratosis pilaris (KP), those little bumps most typically on the backs of our arms but often other locations too, can be minimally noticeable or a huge eyesore, especially when we squeeze or pick at them. Those tiny bumps can be irresistible, and for some, they can be the only site of skin picking,…
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While I originally focused on coaching adults age 18 and over to stop skin picking, three requests in a single week last summer from parents of 13-15 year old girls prompted me to change my mind and try out coaching teenagers as well. Coaching teens has been an enjoyable and rewarding experience for me and something I plan to continue.…
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A common response among my coaching clients, in individual or group programs, when I ask midway through what they’ve found the most helpful, is often simply talking about their picking. Talking about what they’re dealing with with someone who understands and is not judging them. Someone who doesn’t think they are crazy or weird or…
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I hopped in front of my video camera (iPad) yesterday and just started talking. Then I skipped onto iMovie and by the time I jumped onto YouTube today, voila, I had created a four-part video series teaching you how to identify thoughts that get you to pick your skin, how to choose new thoughts that will…
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You can change any habit, even addictions to substances, gambling or nail biting. This is the main message of the phenomenally good book, “The Power of Habit” by Charles Duhigg. He doesn’t mention skin picking but you can change that too. According to Duhigg, every habit has a cue (also known as a trigger…
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